John Mbadi Ng'ong'o

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: That is correct, hon. Speaker. view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: No. I do not have it here but I can explain what I meant because it is on record. Hon. Speaker, if you look at this amendment, you will see there is an additional provision for benefits to the office of the retired Deputy Prime Minister. That office, together with that of the Chief Justice was in my original Bill. If you add the Deputy Prime Minister you are certainly imposing a charge on a public fund, as provided for under Article 114 of the Constitution. Article 114 (3) states:- (3) In this Constitution, “a money Bill” means a Bill, ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Actually, hon. Speaker, it is a straightforward argument. I said that my original bit had a provision on the offices which are not in the current Bill. Apart from the ones that are in the current Bill, we had also included the office of the retired Deputy Prime Minister; there were clear provisions on the benefits. view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Besides that, there were offices of the Deputy Speaker, Chief Justice and even that of the Attorney General in my original Bill. However, after lengthy deliberations at the Budget and Appropriations Committee stage, where we even invited the Cabinet Secretary responsible for Finance as required by Article 114 of the Constitution, the Committee felt that these offices should be removed, and there are a number of reasons which I do not want to go into right now. Hon. Speaker, as I conclude, why do I think that this amendment is creating a provision that is touching on a money Bill? ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The effective date in the Bill is actually 15th January 2008. That again, hon. Speaker, you will agree with me was arrived at by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I am talking about what the Committee processed. My original Bill is not the same one that we are debating today. However, because I respect rules, the Bill has to be processed as it should because the Constitution says that it can only proceed in line with the recommendations of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. That is what I did. You signed off a Bill that had incorporated the views of ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I just wanted to make two clarifications. The first clarification is with regard to the long title and the provision in the Bill thereafter of the retired Deputy Prime Minister. When I was making my submission, I did say that, my original Bill had provisions for the office of the retired Deputy Prime Minister. The problem is not even the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Budget and Appropriations Committee does not do a Bill; it makes a recommendation to the hon. Speaker in writing. That recommendation is supposed to be taken to the Legal Department, so that when ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: No! I am not changing. That is why amendments are allowed in the House. Hon. Speaker, the Budget and Appropriations Committee made recommendations to the hon. Speaker on what should be done. One of them was to remove the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Therefore, it was the duty of the Clerk’s office, which forwarded this Bill for printing, to make it tidy and remove any office where there was no provision for benefit. Finally, it is very important, if you are going to include the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister--- If you look at this Bill clearly, ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The holder will get the benefit as Prime Minister, the Deputy President, the Vice President, the Speakers of both National Assembly and the Senate; just putting “Deputy President” does not make a clear provision. Therefore, bearing in mind that there are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: mistakes in the Bill, the contention which we ask the Chair to rule on, is whether these amendments, including mine--- Hon. Speaker, I am being blamed by hon. Chepkong’a of having not processed my amendment through the Budget and Appropriations Committee. It is not my duty to take an amendment to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Mine is to forward an amendment to the Clerk’s Office and it is the responsibility of the Clerk’s Office to determine whether my amendment constitutes what should go to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I cannot walk around offices and ask whether my amendment ... view
• 3 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise under Standing Order No.96. We have just had some amendments that have been disallowed on a technicality. I would request that we report progress and adjourn the sitting for today, so that we can have time to refer these matters to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We also need to engage further, so that we can have an understanding. Probably, we are just not understanding each other, myself, hon. Duale and the rest. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view